“In their communities, the transgender women who decided to live openly transgender are punished by their own people. Working on these coffee farms means they have a free space where they can express their gender identity openly.”When she first approached the women on the farms, they were hesitant about having their pictures taken. Many people, and most of them in Colombia, were surprised that among the indigenous Embera [there] actually exist transgender women. But Colombia is much more than this and there are so many subcultures we have never heard about, like these indigenous transgender women. (Lena Mucha)Angélica plans on staying on the coffee farms: “I won´t go back to my community.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2018 10:07 UTC